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- 24 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Is Your iPhone Turning You Into a Wimp?
with their smartphones before a meeting begins, thinking of it as an efficient way to manage their time," says Maarten Bos, a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard Business School, who co-wrote the study with HBS Associate Professor... View Details
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Cristina Ros Blankfein
existed.’ We both liked the concept but before getting too married to the idea, we did a pretty good market scan of what the options were out there. When we realized that there wasn’t anything great in the market, we got a lot more... View Details
- 25 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business
including streaming content). Even the best product design will end up subordinated to the best multi-sided platform. Software platforms have also been the source of much creative destruction. The reduction in transaction costs and increases in View Details
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-007.pdf Sweatshop Labor Is Wrong Unless the Jeans Are Cute: Motivated Moral Disengagement Authors:Neeru Paharia and Rohit Deshpandé Abstract While many consumers say they care about issues such as sweatshop labor, the existence of a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
opportunities,” Leger says. “I believe the idea that there is an inevitable tradeoff between profit and impact is fundamentally flawed and can be challenged through innovative social enterprises that will tackle markets and needs... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
what benefits did they get? And then the even bigger question beyond cost efficiency and effectiveness is, what impact did the organization have? Granted it is very complex to get all the way to that level, but even signposts along the... View Details
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-019.pdf Market Interest in Nonfinancial Information Authors:Robert G. Eccles, Michael P. Krzus, and George Serafeim An abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
regulators should pursue to meet these ends, and ultimately achieve a more efficient market in small business lending. Doing so will help small businesses focus more of their time doing what they do best:... View Details
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
little exposure to today's volatile equity markets. "In fact," he continues, "reinsurance stocks are plummeting also. They get contaminated by the equity market even though their underwriting returns continue apace."... View Details
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
disease are likely to multiply. If the Midwest is able to maintain its high standards for agriculture, it has an opportunity to supply the needs of growing populations in other parts of the world. The U.S. “needs a long strategy” around agriculture, Black added. A... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
efficiently in the presence of the firm than in its absence. PDF not available. Cases & Course MaterialsAmorePacific Harvard Business School Note 507-070 Describes the dominant firm in the Korean cosmetics View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
performing functions traditionally relegated to government. Yet these potential cost efficiencies from market competition are often offset by poor enforcement quality resulting from moral hazard, which can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
In a predawn phone call on October 14, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences informed HBS professor Robert C. Merton that he had won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics. Merton's work evaluating risk has changed the nature of financial View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
provide more efficient and customized services. What are some of the changes in the Admissions area? This year we are putting more resources into marketing - both to the world in general and, in particular,... View Details
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Departments | Employment
comprised of several areas, including: Development (includes fund raisers, researchers and stewardship) Alumni Relations (includes Alumni Clubs, professional career and development advisors, reunions and events teams) Alumni Marketing &... View Details
- 20 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20
Our new data help to address important questions related to innovation and long-run growth dynamics. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52130 Harvard Business School Case 517-108 Tequila Patrón Tequila Patrón was one of the most... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Global Entrepreneurship Course Number 1631 Professor Paul Gompers Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits Formerly known as Entrepreneurship Outside of the Valley Overview: Entrepreneurship has been shown to be a major driver of economic development in View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Alumni Books
reader to imagine a workplace where everyone speaks openly about their weaknesses and are committed to overcoming them, where colleagues help each other become more efficient and less disruptive by speaking the truth about what detracts... View Details
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
according to the research. One reason might be that costs are lower for companies that moved production offshore, and the resulting, more efficient firms developed higher-skilled service work, like computer science, to fill the employment... View Details
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
influence from those valued for non-social reasons. The Effects of a Central Clearinghouse on Job Placement, Wages, and Hiring Practices Authors:Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth Publication:In Studies of Labor Market Intermediation,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace